Alexa Swinton Explained

Alexa Skye Swinton is an American actress, singer and songwriter.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} She appeared in a lead role as Piper in the 13-episode ABC Prime Time series called Emergence,^[5] has a recurring role as Eva Rhoades in Billions,^[6] and the HBO series And Just Like That..., where she plays the character of Rock Goldenblatt.^[7] She appeared in M. Night Shyamalan's Old, playing the role of Young Maddox.^{[8] [9]}

Career

Swinton originated the role of Addie in Make Believe, written by Bess Wohl, and directed by Jackson Gay at the Hartford Stage.^[10] Swinton's first leading role in television was as Piper in Emergence. The show ran for 13 episodes from 2019 to 2020.^[11] She first performed her original song "You, Me and My Purple Docs" publicly on Canadian TV station CHCH-DT in Hamilton, Ontario.^[12] Swinton has a recurring role as Eva Rhoades, the daughter of main characters Chuck and Wendy Rhoades in Showtime's television drama Billions.^{[9] [13]} She acted in M. Night Shyamalan's feature film Old playing the role of young Maddox.^[9]

She plays the recurring role of Rock Goldenblatt, child of Charlotte York Goldenblatt in the HBO series And Just Like That...^{[9] [14]} Swinton's role has been called "groundbreaking".^[15]

Personal life

Swinton is of paternal Scottish heritage and is distantly related to the actress Tilda Swinton. She is Jewish, as is her mother.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	River of Fundament	Norman Mailer's daughter	Feature Film
2014	Little Brain Surgeries	Girl from the Vision	Short
2017	Speed of Light	Young Rose	Short
2018	I've Lost Her	Young Maggie	Short
2018	Nettles	Sam	Short
2018	BeLoved	Julia	Short
2019	Reverb	Annie	Short
2019	Sometime Other Than Now	Molly	Feature Film
2021	Old	15-year-old Maddox Cappa	Feature Film
2022	Love's Baby Soft	Dolores	Short
2023	Maestro	Nina Bernstein	Feature Film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Mythos	Ellie	4 Episodes
2014	Zach Fox Show	Kid Playing with Toy
2015	Flesh and Bone	Young Claire	Scorched Earth
2015	Today	Badly Behaving Child	Rossen Reports
2015	The View	Herself	Modeling appearance
2016	Saturday Night Live	Daughter of Big Family	Selena Gomez Guest Host
2016–2023	Billions	Eva Rhoades	Appears in multiple episodes each season
2017	Saturday Night Live	Girl in Immigration Line	Alec Baldwin Guest Host
2018	The Tonight Show	Punk Kid	Ice Cube / Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2019	Manifest	Chloe	Upgrade
2019–2020	Emergence	Piper	Series appeared on ABC television in the USA and other networks around the world including CTV in Canada.
2021–	And Just Like That...	Rock Goldenblatt	17 Episodes

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Annie Warbucks	Molly	Signature Theatre
2017	Madeline's Christmas	Anne	Lion Theatre
2017	Kooky Spook	Young Inna	Duke Theatre
2017	Santa Doesn't Come to the Holiday Inn	Daughter	Ensemble Studio Theatre
2017	The Department Party	Violet	Playwright Horizons
2018	Make Believe	Addie	Hartford Stage

Discography

Studio recording

• You, Me and My Purple Docs (2020)^[17]
• Happy As I Wanna Be (2021)
• What Would I Change It To (2022)

External links

• Alexa Swinton on IMDb
• Alexa Swinton on ABC
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter
• YouTube
• LinkedIn
• TikTok
• Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meet Alexa Swinton, The Young Star Leading One Of Fall TV's Most Mysterious New Shows. September 14, 2019. Bustle.
2. Web site: What And Just Like That Gets Right About Parenting a Nonbinary Child, According to an Expert. January 20, 2022. Time.
3. Web site: Sex and the City-Alexa Swinton estará no elenco do revival da HBO Max. July 26, 2021. Omelete. es.
4. Web site: 'And Just Like That' Star Alexa Swinton Talks Taking on the Responsibility of Playing Charlotte's Child Rock. January 19, 2022 . KFMB-TV.
5. Web site: New Drama "Emergence" Coming to ABC. May 14, 2019. ABC.
6. Web site: ‘Billions’ Recap, Season 5, Episode 10: You Can’t Make an Omelet …. NY Times. September 19, 2019.
7. Web site: 'And Just Like That' actress who plays Charlotte's nonbinary child helped craft character's coming-out scene and loves that it's not 'forcibly sad'. December 31, 2021.
8. Web site: Who Is Playing Rose in ‘Sex and the City’ Reboot? Everything to Know About Alexa Swinton. cheatsheet.com. July 30, 2021.
9. Web site: ‘And Just Like That..’: Alexa Swinton Joins ‘Sex and the City’ Revival From HBO Max. Rosy. Cordero. July 27, 2021.
10. News: Review: 'Make Believe' Has a Cast of Children, but No Fairy Tales. Collins-Hughes. Laura. 2018-09-26. The New York Times. 2019-02-25. en-US. 0362-4331.
11. Web site: Allison Tolman Pilot 'Emergence' Moves from NBC to ABC With Series Order. Otterson. Joe. May 11, 2019. Variety. May 17, 2019.
12. Web site: 'Emerging' star – CHCH. Tansy. Ko. www.chch.com.
13. News: Emergence Casts Billions Actress Alexa Swinton. February 27, 2019.
14. Web site: Cathy Ang, Niall Cunningham, Alexa Swinton And Cree Cicchino Join The Max Original AND JUST LIKE THAT… From Executive Producer Michael Patrick King Pressroom. 2021-08-26. pressroom.warnermedia.com.
15. Web site: 2021-12-16. And Just Like That Star Alexa Swinton Talks About Groundbreaking Role in SATC Franchise. 2021-12-21. E! Online.
16. https://jewishjournal.org/2023/06/30/and-just-like-that-star-alexa-swinton-is-having-her-bat-mitzvah-in-israel/
17. Web site: Lotter. Judah Charles. 2020-07-29. Alexa Swinton's debut single 'You, Me, and My Purple Docs' will mark 11-year-old's entry into music industry. Meaww.